When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Sonic Heritage captures the sounds of 270 UNESCO World Heritage sites — inviting us to tune in to some of the most culturally ...

My grandparents are responsible for my love of travel. This visit to Antarctica felt the most meaningful of the trips they ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Yet three decades later, Schröder, his wife, Jeannine, and their four sons are at the beginning of a seven-year voyage aboard ...

"For us, it's not just a new discovery, but also a wake-up call." Scientists stunned by new images from beneath Antarctic ice: 'It's a bit like seeing the back of the moon' first appeared on The Cool ...

Melting ice is shifting Earth’s mass, causing the North Pole to drift up to 90 feet by 2100—threatening satellites, GPS accuracy, and even deep space navigation.

Arctic sea ice hit a record low for the end of the region ... The southern pole region was also facing melting, albeit more slowly, with sea ice in the Antarctic at its fourth-lowest level for March, ...

This winter’s maximum was a new low. While Antarctic sea ice can vary widely from year to year, and, up until recently is slower to change due to its isolated nature and vastly different geography, ...

C3S found sea ice concentrations were most below normal outside the central Arctic Ocean, especially in the Barents Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. As well, Antarctic sea ice recorded its fourth-lowest, ...

There has, however, been a more worrying trend across the Arctic, he says ... Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor. Scientists are preparing to ...